Russ Schoene vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Russ Schoene, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Russ Schoene and Zion Williamson both played 4 years in the NBA. Russ Schoene had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Zion Williamson had his rookie season in 2019-20. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4
Rookie Season
	Russ Schoene	Zion Williamson
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Russ Schoene	77	15.9	6.2	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.5	2.7	5.6	.476	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.1	.735
Zion Williamson	24	27.8	22.5	2.7	3.6	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	1.8	8.8	15.0	.583	0.3	0.6	.429	4.8	7.4	.640
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Russ Schoene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Russ Schoene didn't play in 1983-84, 1984-85 and 1985-86.

Season 2
	Russ Schoene	Zion Williamson
Season	1986-87	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Russ Schoene	63	9.2	2.7	0.8	1.0	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.1	3.0	.374	0.0	0.2	.154	0.5	0.7	.630
Zion Williamson	61	33.2	27.0	2.7	4.5	7.2	3.7	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.2	10.4	17.0	.611	0.2	0.6	.294	6.0	8.7	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Russ Schoene	14	8.8	2.2	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.7	2.0	.357	0.1	0.4	.333	0.6	0.9	.750
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Zion Williamson didn't play in 2021-22.

Season 3
	Russ Schoene	Zion Williamson
Season	1987-88	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Russ Schoene	81	12.0	6.0	1.0	1.5	2.4	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.6	.458	0.2	0.7	.293	0.6	0.8	.810
Zion Williamson	29	33.0	26.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	4.6	1.1	0.6	3.4	2.2	9.8	16.2	.608	0.2	0.7	.368	6.1	8.6	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Russ Schoene	5	7.8	3.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.6	1.4	2.4	.583	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-